Patter



Nov. 15, 1927.

. H. a. VOLCKENING PATTER Filed Oct. 27. 1926 INVENTOR WWA enry. G.

IIIII Patented Nov. 15, 1927.

UNITED STATES tenses PATENT OFFICE.

HENRY GEORGE VOLCKENING, 0F BROOKLYN, NEW YUBK, ASSIGNOR TO. CHARLES K. VOLGKENING, 0F BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

PATTEB.

Application filed October 27, 1926. Serial No. 14 1, 152.

My invention relates to patters, of a type suitable for massaging and treating the face, throat, chin and neck, in order to promote circulation of the blood, reduce superfluous flesh and exercise the skin, as well as to apply medicines thereto.

More particularly stated, I seek to produce a patter of special form, suitable for use by hand in order to enable persons, and especially ladies, to smooth out wrinkles, including crows feet,cto reduce double chins and as far as practicable, to confer shapeliness upon throat, neck, bust, and parts of the face.

I also seek to give the patter a suitable form to enable it to be used in applying medicines, and particulary liquid astringents, lotions and antiseptics, to the skin.

I also seek to give my improved patter such form and construction as to enable it to be readily standardized for quantity production, and adapted to be produced in large quantities at a relatively low cost.

While I illustrate and specifically describe only two forms of my device, I wish it understood that these twoforms are merely typical, and that the patters may be constructed in any form coming within the terms of my claims.

Reference is made to the drawing forming a part'of this specification, and in which like reference characters indicate like parts throughout the several figures. I

Figure l is a View, partly an elevation and partly a section, showing one form of my improved patter, provided with an elastic web carrying protuberances upon one of its faces.

Fig. 2 is a view, partly an elevation and partly a section, showing the same form of patter as Fig. 1, but viewed from the opposite side and thus showing a large massage cup instead of the protuberances.

Fig. 3 is a fragmentary cross-section through the patter appearing in Figs. 1 and 2, and showing both the massage cup and the protuberances.

Fig. 4- is a fragmentary section of the same patter, the massage cup being filled with an absorbent matting.

Fig. 5 is a fragmentary view, partly an elevation and partly a section, showing another form of my improved patter, provided with a flexible web carrying protuberances each in the form of a small vacuum cup.

Fig. 6 is a section on the line 66 of Fig. 5, looking in the direction indicated by the arrows.

A handle 7 carries a stem 8 made of spring wire and mounted upon this stem is a metallic socket 9, provided with a hole 10, threaded internally. i

A metallic supporting ring 11 is provided with a. screw shank 12, which fits into the hole 10, so as to hold these parts securely in position. The metallic ring 11 has in this instance a square or substantially square cross-section, as. indicated in Fig. 3, and is completely imbedded within a rim 13. The 13 is thus reinforced by the supporting ring.

a web 14, also of soft rubber and integral with the rim. The web 14 is smooth upon its inner face, as indicated in Figs. 2 and 3, but upon its outer face is provided with protuberances 15, each having in this instance the form of a solid nipple.

The rim 13 is further provided with a portion 16 formed into an annular flange. extending slightly inward, as may be understood from Fig. 3.

he rim 13 of soft rubber is provided with i In my form of patter shown in Figs. 5

and 6, the metallic supporting ring 18 is not circular but is given a somewhat ornamental form, and is provided with a screw shank 19. A web 20 carries protuberances 21, each having the form of a very small vacuum cup. A. flange 22 extends slightly inward, as indicated more particularly in Fig. 6, so that the patter is provided with an undercut 23, to facilitate holding the matting in position.

Except as otherwise described, the form shown in Figs. 5 and 6 is like the form appearing in the. other figures.

The manner of using each of the two forms is substantially the same.

The patter may be used with or without the matting, as indicated in Figs. 3 and 4.

If the patter is used Without the matting, the annular flange 16 and parts carrying the same serve collectively as a massage cup. To use it, the handle 7 is grasped and the pat ter so manipulated that the massage cup is caused to strike with a slapping motion, upon the various parts to be treated.

The person using the patter simply strikes the part to be treated, and in doing this can with a little practice cause the massage cup to produce a little suction upon the skin and flesh immediately thereunder. This is done in order to fill out hollow cheeks or to give shape to parts which have the appearance of being unduly shrunken.

Again, with a little practice, the patter can be so operated that the web 14:, by its elasticity, flexes in such manner as to strike the skin substantially in the middle of the space encircled by the annular flange 16. That is to say, the operator can give a quick, slapping blow with the patter, in such manner as to cause the web 14 to spring to the left, according to Fig. 8, and thus to strike the middle portion of the skin encircled by the annular flange 16.

To use the protuberances 15, the handle is grasped as before, and the patter is so turned as to cause the protuberances to face the skin of the part to be treated. The patter is then swung back and forth so as to repeatedly strike the part to be treated, the impact of each blow being borne by the protuberances 15. With the patter used this way there is accomplished the double purpose of theroughly massaging the parts operated upon, and of stimulating the circulation of the blood therein.

\Vherethe matting is used in the patter, as indicated in Fig. 4, a liquid medicine may be applied. For this purpose the medicine is poured upon the matting, or the patter is dipped into a receptacle containing the liquid which is thus absorbed within the pores of the matting. The patter is now used as before, the matting striking directly upon the skin, so as to apply thereto a portion of the liquid held by absorption. In this manner astringents, lotions and antiseptics of approved kinds can be quickly and safely applied to the skin.

lVhere the form of my device appearing in Figs. 5 and 6 is used, the protuberances 21, each having the form of a' very small vacuum cup, can produce a momentary suction upon the skin, at the instant when the latter is struck with the patter.

I do not deem it necessary to describe generally the manner in which patters are used, nor to relate in greater detail the precise ob jects sought to be accomplished by their use. Suflice it to say that my patter is used in the same general way as other patters well known in this art, and differs therefrom only in the particulars above pointed out.

I do not limit myself to any particular style of handle to be used, nor to the particular form of the device, nor to any special use therefor, except as defined in my claims.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is as follows:

1. A patter, comprising a resilient handle, a metallic supporting ring carried by said handle, a ring of soft rubber in which said metallic supporting ring is imbedded, and a web of soft rubber integral with said ring of soft rubber and provided with a surface for striking the parts to be treated.

2. In a patter, the combination with a spring handle, a metallic supporting ring carried by said handle, av ring of soft ruin her in which said metallic supporting ring is imbedded, and a web carried by said ring of soft rubber and provided with protuberances for striking the parts to be treated.

3. In a patter the combination of a spring handle, a metallic ring carried by said spring handle, a ring of resilient material in which said metallic ring is imbedded, and a web of resilient material carried by said ring of resilient material and extending across the same, said web being provided with a surface for strikin the parts to be treated.

Signed at New ork city, in the county of New York and State of New York, this 25th day of October, 1926.

HENRY GEORGE VOLCKENING. 

